The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-23
oRuELrIEs OF WINTER.
Awful Tates of Those Caught in the
Bl1sards.

TorrKN, kas. Dec, ?2-Nr T. Il Hoscl-
tine, n banker of Johnson city ON the
frontier is in the city, lie reports tia, %
farmer named l., {. clark liyupuear Gold.
en-, Grant county, lott his family ut homo
Monday to 90 TO llar,ldnd, the nearest rail
road point, for the purposc of getting coal
his family being emit ely without fuel lie
left llartaud late Monday evening with his
coal, aud the next morning Wa found about
six miles from home, lying hy the side oi
his horses, frozen sill The animals were
also frozen, aud ull oi the bodies were partly
covered by snow. Clark's wife and three
children had IN the meantime nearly per.
ishr1, and had only saved thcm,cNcs from
death by leaving their she'll ol house and
taking refuge from the blizzard iu q cave,
Two deaths arc reported from Grccly
county situated ON the Colorado line. \
brother and sister named Robert and Sarah
llolzcoptcl, who live ON claim in an m-
settled portion Of the county. found them.
selves without fuel Sunday evening They
! tore down a small shed tn burn the lumber
and that night all but the small amount
| which thcy themselves had burned Was
| stolen from them.
Early In the morning the Young muu went
! to the town ut Horace, about seven miles
| distant, aud succeeded IN getting about gN
! pounds of coal late Ia the afternoon, iciug
Obliged to travel against the furious wind
| then blowing. lac did not reach home until
| nearly midnight Ills limbs were then
| numb, aud he was ~ exhausted that 10 was
! with great difficulty he gained admission tu
! the house. lie found his sister Boo bed be-.
sensible aud almost still She had been
! without lire all DAY, and the poorly built
| house afforded her little protection NJ
| though the Young man was almost lulru
himself, hr tried to revive his sister, hut tu
NO avail
The other death reported from Grrcly
| county !, that ui q farmer sixty Nrlt- "ld
whose name cannot be- learned. lie live.
alone. and was not only without fuel hul
without food Being rrccnt settler iu th'
county hc h1d un acquaintance. widow
named Mr. l,rilloy and her two little 'lll
drru pgrshpl iu the snow storm ui MONDAY
uiHht near niphtou, iu Lane county. The,
were without fuel, aud the storm came s,
suddenly upon them that they were uuahl'
tu get a. The Wumnn'S oldest som s'ari,'
out loo the storm Ia get coal. lie WAS over
| come hy the intense cold. hut turtuuliCN
wandered tu the house ui ucirhhnr II,
W.. unable tp speak and hi- arms. i,,t au'
ears were frozen ly strenuous Efforts lu
lilc W., saved, although be- will probably
lu,, hIs feet
There are n 10 ruorlg " great suffering 10
Clul, county. ON the Indian Territory line
4 family ui four vrrr travelling overland
aud h,iuF hut iru milr, frum humu uud EEL,
cal mile, from any o'lyt house determine
tn reach home that niht in optic ut thr irI
iblc storm. The hurr. we're overcome. lu
the luwuS was OBLIGED to abandon thv hurt,
} | und vpyuu and vut .ailr- ~ ihr ucair'
% / isuusu. n iNt yenr old Child inifr iu d,li
Doe it ut.rIs nuy before shelter ~.
rcHrhod iho uthcr reached tho huu'
badly iuuFDu
The condition oi The people In wc.trr
lui southwestern kuusls r. very bad lh.
part ui the State hH been uuly recently of
ilri. and .umU uI thr ruuuIirs arr 900 uH
organized. Nearly ull the people settled col
government claims and were without money
depending wuuly upon thr ,mp foo Do
mi-ri fH.. U'l The crop however NH.
total lIur. Nruu.H ui drought leaving ih
pcupl,u#1 H,urml thing destitute. lhr ml
iuuiy 20. iHu people live iu Udr'y bull
! houses. which HUu.l very little projection.